Epstein J A, Botvin G J, Dusenbury L, Diaz T, Kerner J
Institute of Prevention Research, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Psychol Rep. 1996 Dec;79(3 Pt 1):1075-9. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1996.79.3.1075.
Based on the continuing growth and youthfulness of the Hispanic population in the United States, valid cultural measures are needed for Hispanic adolescents. Hispanics living in this country experience acculturation or cultural change during their exposure to American culture. A matched sample of 994 Hispanic students and their parents completed acculturation measures. Scores on a 10-item acculturation scale completed by the adolescents' parents correlated significantly .49 with a single-item rating, a measure of acculturation by adolescents. This finding supports construct validity for a measure of language use as an index of linguistic acculturation for Hispanic adolescents.
鉴于美国西班牙裔人口持续增长且较为年轻，需要针对西班牙裔青少年制定有效的文化测评方法。生活在该国的西班牙裔在接触美国文化的过程中会经历文化适应或文化变迁。994名西班牙裔学生及其父母组成的匹配样本完成了文化适应测评。青少年父母完成的一份10项文化适应量表的得分与青少年进行的一项单项评分（衡量青少年文化适应的指标）显著相关，相关系数为0.49。这一发现支持了将语言使用测评作为西班牙裔青少年语言文化适应指标的结构效度。
